Mark Steel Quotes

#1. The statement by Paul McCartney that, although he was a pacifist, he couldn't be at this time of war. Which is as daft as being a vegetarian between meals.

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#2. Banks aren't neutral observers, they're ... the people who caused the mess. It's like someone who's wet themselves in a public building insisting they choose which mop the librarian fetches to clear up the puddle.

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#3. The annoying thing about being an atheist is that you'll never have the satifaction of saying to believers, 'I told you so.'

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#4. We really want to thank everyone for their kindness and generosity, even those who aren't helping us directly.

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#5. As you get to thirty, the main thing is to not be sensible.

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#6. Aristotle compiled the first known comprehensive list of all winners of the Olympic Games. Which means that quite probably he was sat in a bar with Plato, muttering 'Go on then, give me any year you like and I'll tell you who won the four-man bobsleigh.'

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#7. An army of experts assured us on a daily basis that this boom couldn't possibly crash like previous booms because this boom was still going on whereas all previous booms had ended.

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